Comments on: Teen Texting: Is Your Child Texting Too Much? http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/teen-texting-is-your-child-texting-too-much/2009/05/28/ Parenting, Teen Help, Teen Defiance, Troubled Teens, Teen Parenting Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/teen-texting-is-your-child-texting-too-much/2009/05/28/#comment-10385 Kim Fri, 06 May 2011 01:32:46 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/?p=2613#comment-10385 Our child has to put the phone on the charger at 930 pm on school nights and 1030 pm on the weekends, and still she manages 13,500 last month. Some even during school. When I explained my issue with this she still didn't get it. I want to break the phone!!! Children don't know how to socialize or about deferred gratification, they text because it's almost immediate and they can talk to multiple people at once. They have NO communication skills!!! I think the phone will be put on the charger as soon as she gets home, no texts during school or loose your phone for a month, and I think she has to pick the phone up from me in the morning. I don't know what else to do!!!! Our child has to put the phone on the charger at 930 pm on school nights and 1030 pm on the weekends, and still she manages 13,500 last month. Some even during school. When I explained my issue with this she still didn’t get it. I want to break the phone!!! Children don’t know how to socialize or about deferred gratification, they text because it’s almost immediate and they can talk to multiple people at once. They have NO communication skills!!! I think the phone will be put on the charger as soon as she gets home, no texts during school or loose your phone for a month, and I think she has to pick the phone up from me in the morning. I don’t know what else to do!!!!

]]> By: lisa http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/teen-texting-is-your-child-texting-too-much/2009/05/28/#comment-3463 lisa Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:44:54 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/?p=2613#comment-3463 how many text should we allow each month??? we do have a cut off time eveyday that has helped but now we are wanting to set a number limit on the texting also... thanks, lisa p.s. with no limit she is doing around 10,000 per month!! how many text should we allow each month??? we do have a cut off time eveyday that has helped but now we are wanting to set a number limit on the texting also…

thanks,
lisa

p.s. with no limit she is doing around 10,000 per month!!

]]> By: Scott http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/teen-texting-is-your-child-texting-too-much/2009/05/28/#comment-3129 Scott Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:01:31 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/?p=2613#comment-3129 Texting Parenting Tip: This tip worked with my teen daughters... "I will pay for your texting as long as the phone is on my dresser by 10 p.m. every school night and 12 a.m. on the weekends." You may want to adjust the times to fit your child's age and needs. Texting Parenting Tip: This tip worked with my teen daughters…

“I will pay for your texting as long as the phone is on my dresser by 10 p.m. every school night and 12 a.m. on the weekends.” You may want to adjust the times to fit your child’s age and needs.

]]> By: Concerned Mom http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/teen-texting-is-your-child-texting-too-much/2009/05/28/#comment-3128 Concerned Mom Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:27:28 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/?p=2613#comment-3128 Teen texting is getting out of control for my daughter. She uses it as a way to communicate with people I do not know. Even as a 17 year old living under my roof, I will be taking the phone away from her for a month since it was only supposed to serve as a means for emergency communications. She pays for her calls and texts, however, this money was supposed to be saved for a car. As the parent, I need to set the guidelines for adherence until the children move out on their own. Everyone believes my daughter is sweet, but she has had sex with a boy she continues to text non-stop daily do I do not know what is going on whereas with the land-line cord phone, I can monitor conversations. Teen texting is getting out of control for my daughter. She uses it as a way to communicate with people I do not know. Even as a 17 year old living under my roof, I will be taking the phone away from her for a month since it was only supposed to serve as a means for emergency communications. She pays for her calls and texts, however, this money was supposed to be saved for a car. As the parent, I need to set the guidelines for adherence until the children move out on their own. Everyone believes my daughter is sweet, but she has had sex with a boy she continues to text non-stop daily do I do not know what is going on whereas with the land-line cord phone, I can monitor conversations.

]]> By: Silver Fang http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/teen-texting-is-your-child-texting-too-much/2009/05/28/#comment-3060 Silver Fang Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:00:14 +0000 http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/?p=2613#comment-3060 Teen texting is no worse than kids reading comics in the 30s or talking for hours on the phone in the 60s, 70s and 80s, all of which were worried over in the same way. Teen texting is no worse than kids reading comics in the 30s or talking for hours on the phone in the 60s, 70s and 80s, all of which were worried over in the same way.

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